__ M_!J_B,_el_o'l?_e~d_p_u~t z--=-·n_hz_s_ha-:n_d_)&_c_._· ----~-~ ems in theholy oyle, asitis~Exod.3o.3o. and fo sEll. IX . this leaving ofmyrrh behind lrlim, fignifi es the • • oyle of grace left upon the foule, thar inabled the Church to doe ~11 thefe things, whieh are after fpokenof. · :Bur you wiW. fay, How cloth this appeare, 06ject. when ·in fome deferti~n a Chrifiian finds no grace, firength,or comfort at all t! that nothing . is left~ It is a.nfwtred, they alwayes doe. Take thafe Anfw. who at any timehave had experienceofthe love of God,and ofChrift formerly ,take them at the worfl:,you f:hall find from them fome fparkles (){ grace, broken fpeeches of tryed fecret comfort, ' fome inward ftrength and firugling againfl: cor- · ruptions, their fpirits endeavouring to recover themfelves from finking toeIow,and with foine– thing withfianding both defpaire and corrupti– on.Take a Cl:iriftian attheworfi,there will bea difcovery of the Spiritof Chrifl: left in him,not– withfl:anding all deferdon. This is tmiverfally in all in fome meafure, though perhaps it isnotdif- , cerned byaChrifiian himfelfe, but by thofe that are able to judge.Sometimes others caA r~ad our eviden~es better then our {elves. A Chrifi:ian that is in temptation cannot judge of his owne efiate,but others can;and fo at the very worft,he bath alwayes fome·what left irt him, wh~reby he Q"Jay bte comfortC"d, Chri!t never leaves his Church and Children that are his whoJly. · Thofetbat are wholly Jeft,they never had faving grace,asVIIchitophel, Cllin, Saul, andIud~U were · left ----------------------------~--------- \
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